Denver, Colo., July 9, 2001 - Paul Higgins, CEO of Dingo Maintenance Systems, announced the release of MaintenanceGuy™, the first Internet-based suite of equipment condition monitoring and analysis software. The online suite creates a central database for equipment condition histories and generates intuitive graphs to help companies identify at-risk equipment and make cost-effective maintenance decisions. Timely equipment condition information reduces costs through component life extension, extended oil drains and breakdown avoidance.

The first module in the MaintenanceGuy suite is Oil Analysis, which fully automates a technique widely used in equipment maintenance to produce significant savings in upkeep costs. Much like the human equivalent of a blood sample, regular oil samples from a machine can be chemically analyzed to determine equipment health problems. Dingo's Microsoft-based Internet service allows maintenance planners to view equipment trends and draw conclusions from diagnostic data via any computer connected to the Internet. Color-coded alarms assure quick attention to at-risk equipment.

Dingo's service is being provided to end users via the Internet for an introductory monthly subscription fee of $49.00 per user. Oil analysis laboratories who support these customers simply email test results to Dingo's password secure servers. Customers then log on to the website, run the software, and stay current on equipment condition.

"Many companies are already conducting routine oil analysis, but stacks of lab reports often become no more than a filing exercise," said Dingo's CEO Paul Higgins. "This defeats the purpose of oil analysis, which is a diagnostic process to save equipment from costly repairs. Our web solution takes the hassle out of data management so that maintenance staff always have the latest information at their fingertips and can make better decisions, faster."

Currently testing Dingo's Internet-based software applications are heavy equipment intensive companies such as Mount Isa Mines, JTL, Round Mountain Gold, Triton, Minera Candelaria, among others. "We are excited about advancing our oil program and look forward to the time savings and convenience of an Internet-based software solution," said Ron Brunick, Non Destructive Testing Unit coordinator with Round Mountain Gold.

For companies with multiple sites, all this data can be combined into one database, enabling comparisons and benchmarking of different equipment throughout the company. Maintenance staff can then share information online with anyone, anywhere.

Dingo's software products include MaintenanceGuy, Dingo Lube Professional, Dingo FleetOil Professional for Windows, Dingo Lube Explorer, and Dingo Lab Manager. Dingo's customers include Alcoa, Ansett Australia, BHP Coal, Chicago Transit Authority, Echo Bay Minerals, Enron ETS, Kennecott Energy, Lockheed Martin, New York Times, Illinois Power, Minera Escondida, PT Freeport, Rio Tinto, and Caterpillar dealerships in Australia and the United States. Dingo also conducts oil analysis education and is the Licensed Noria franchisee for Asia Pacific.

Contacts:
Paul Higgins, Dingo Maintenance Systems, Inc.
(303) 662-9103
phiggins@dingo.com

Brent Green, Brent Green & Assoc.
(303) 743-0140
brent@bgassociates.com